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Genesis and Exodus of the Amish

Documentary films about Amish Society before and after migration to America.

The documentary films are shown in The Locke Township Meeting House
as part of the admission to the historic farm. They may be viewed together
or before or after the guided tour of the house and farmstead.

Genesis begins
with ancient prophsey as fulfilled by the coming of the Christian religion
and progresses to Martin Luther's Reformation. From here the fourth
and most conservative of the protestant wings, the Anabaptists, is
described through the persecutions of the next several centuries. Out
of this tradition came Amish Society in 1693. Its development set the
cultural norms of the community that still define the Amish and Mennonites
today.

Exodus begins with William Penn's invitation when Amish began arriving
in Pennsylvania before the American Revolution, promised religious
freedom, and became highly accomplished farmers. Many soon set out
heading west into Ohio and Indiana seeking economic opportunity to
accompany their new found religious freedom.

It is an inspiring journey that is today celebrated through education,
enlightenment and entertainment at Amish Acres, the only Amish farm
listed in The National Register of Historic Places.